David Bowie • Life On Mars & Ashes To Ashes • The Tonight Show • 3 September 1980 • 40th Anniversary
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- David Bowie • Life On Mars & Ashes To Ashes • The Tonight Show • 5 September 1980 • 40th Anniversary
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Here’s my new clean-up of the classic David Bowie 1980 performance on The Tonight Show.
The show was recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, Los Angeles on September 3rd 1980. It was broadcast forty years ago on this day, the 5th of September 1980.
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Performing with Bowie on the Tonight Show, was a one-off band. Bowie’s regular musical right-hand man, Carlos Alomar was leading the band of young up and coming musicians, who were playing with Bowie for the first, and as it turned out, the only time.
The Tonight Show performance is unique in other ways. It was Bowie’s only live appearance of 1980, and the only time any Scary Monsters material was performed live, in it’s day. And the Tonight Show was one of only two live appearances he made (the other SNL, 1979) in the 5 year period between the ISOLAR II 1978 tour, and the Serious Moonlight tour in 1983.
The Tonight Show performance is great! Bowie is in fine voice and the band are full of spirit. I love Bowie and Alomar’s big smiles, as it becomes clear that the performance is a success.
For me, the Tonight Show performance has always been frustratingly good, because it is a tantalizing glimpse of what a Scary Monsters tour could have been like.
In my last upload a couple of days ago, for the Good Morning American interview (ok.ru/video/2894370245203) I laid out a selective chronology of Bowie’s 1980 / to early 1981. But before the murder of John Lennon in NYC, there had been plans for a Bowie tour in Spring 1981. The cover story of the 20th of September 1980 edition of Musicians Only magazine, proclaimed a “Bowie ‘Monster’ Tour”, that would happen March / April / May 1981.
One of the subjects of the occasional correspondence I enjoy with fellow Bowie-1980 obsessive Bob Wilson, is that of an imaginary ISOLAR III Scary Monsters Tour. Bob has even written a Bowie alternate reality, whereby Marc Chapman does not murder John Lennon. It’s really good and I have his permission to share it, which I will do in the comments of this video.
Let’s imagine…
I don’t think Bowie would have toured with his New Wave boys. I think he would have utilized his beloved D.A.M. Trio rhythm section, and other luminaries from the Scary Monsters sessions. So here’s what might have been:
Carlos Alomar • Rhythm guitar, musical director
George Murray • Bass guitar
Dennis Davis • Drums
Robert Fripp • Lead Guitar
Roy Bittan • Piano
Andy Clark • Keyboards, synths
And a possible set-list; a combo of Bob’s and my own picks:
Crystal Japan (intro tape)
It’s No Game Pt. 1
Up the Hill Backwards
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Teenage Wildlife
Space Oddity
Ashes to Ashes
Beauty and the Beast
Joe the Lion
Because You're Young
Boys Keep Swinging
Red Sails
Look Back in Anger
“Heroes”
• Intermission
Station to Station
Golden Years
Breaking Glass
What in the World
The Man Who Sold the World
Life On Mars?
Young Americans
Fame
Fashion
The Secret Life of Arabia
• Encore #1
TVC 15
It’s No Game Pt. 2
• Encore #2
Stay or Jean Genie or Rebel Rebel
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This is my second attempt at creating an optimised version of the complete Tonight Show performance. The previous one I made was in 2016. I don’t mind admitting that back then there was still much to learn about video editing (still is actually) and that video leaves a lot to be desired. Plus since then I’ve accumulated some slightly better sources for The Tonight Show. Recently I was thinking about the 40th anniversary coming up, and I just couldn’t bear the idea of the previous version being shared. So here’s Take Two, cobbled together from a multitude of sources of variable quality, as you will no doubt notice.
After the performance, there is a bonus minute of Bowie and the band rehearsing Ashes To Ashes in NYC for the Tonight Show. It was originally part of a 1980 Bowie TV special for the US arts program, The 20-20 Show.
Thanks for watching, hope you dig it!
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Credits
Video and Audio:
• Life On Mars & Ashes To Ashes • Live on The Tonight Show • 3rd of September 1980 • NBC Studios in Burbank, Los Angeles • Broadcast 5th of September 1980 • NBC-TV
• Ashes To Ashes rehearsal • September 1980 • NYC • The 20-20 Show • Broadcast 13th of November 1980 • ABC-TV
Musicians:
Vocals • David Bowie
Guitar & Keyboards • Carlos Alomar
Guitar • G.E. Smith
Bass • John Kumnick
Drums • Steve Goulding
Keyboards • Gordon Grody
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I really feel sorry for viewers who are too young to have seen Bowie perform. He was unique and brilliant.
We had bowie, and the kids today have drake, big fucking difference, 😆
:(
I’m under 12 and I feel that I’m the only one of my age
@@HfMTBYou're not lol. But great taste for your age! I'd just got into Depeche Mode and Suede at your age 😂😂 God I'm glad I grew up in that era
and i’m so jealous of those who saw him live (yes, i was born in a wrong century)
This dude had Bobe Hope, Richard Pryor, and David Bowie all in one show.
When Carlos starts playing that guitar on ashes to ashes, man, that's some magic sound. We constantly forget how special this man is
Yes, Carlos Alomar is a great player. Primarily a "Pocket player". Which he is playing here. {Rhythm} The guitar you Primarily hear is GE Smirh. on the red ES - 335. Cheers ! This is an amazing performance.
I absolutely think David’s ashes to ashes live versions are better than the recording version. I also think that he loved singing ashes to ashes because he’s always near smiling whenever he sings it! ❤️
The James Dean red jacket that he also wore in Christiane F
"Winslow"...my dear boy!
Love the movie and jacket. This and the movie were filmed at the same time. DB also financed some of Christiane F.
@David Fanning~ You are so right! I never put that together and I've watched this video many many times.
Thank you!
Yeah!!
Llllll
His vocas are absolutely phenomenal here. Not to mention the cool James Dean look.
Hi Halloween Jack, good to hear from you again- missing you so much in the forum. This is Archaeologister by the way.
@@Romalvx hey how you've been?????
Not Dean, who neve sang a rocker. Presley. is theb one he is channelling. th-cam.com/video/4u65wEvTnSU/w-d-xo.html
1980
His stage presence is theatrical, phenomenal; I love especially when, legs apart, outstretched arms and bent head, he underpins the end of one song into another, that's the way he did during Ziggy Stardust performances.
All of his quirky dance moves are him trying to copy whom he admired himself. I'd try list them all, but I just smoked some really good weed... lol.
This is the year he hung out one night w/ Iggy in a Chicago bar (Neo) while he was in town performing in E.M. at the Blackstone Theater. (I attended both events).
I noticed in this J. Carson performance, his lips are accentuating the lyrics very similar to how he portrayed the elephant man on stage w/out prosthetics.
Cathy T How lucky you have been- wow it's a great honor to write you! We are living witness-although for my age I could only attend mid-Eighties till early Millennium shows.
@@Romalvx Great bands toured mid eighties (and the 70s when I started going to shows - Alice Cooper was my 1st in '73). If you want to read about my other DB encounter, read my post on Nacho's Station to Station '78 tour video :)
I will- thank you!
1980
What awesome performance. Man had everything, voice, looks, coolness, wrote awesome songs. Top 5 artists ever
Yeah, and brains as well. One unique dude
1980
Top 5 ?
This performance was so over Carson's head, he could only smile and applaud politely in his mildly uninterested way. Bowie was a force of nature in music back during early 70's to mid 80's. I liked his work with Tin Machine as well. But he saved some of his best for last. Black Star was his final masterpiece.
He's the coolest hurricane that ever lived.
One of DB's most iconic TV appearances, up there with "Starman" in 1972, "Drive In Saturday" in 1973, Dick Cavett in 1974 and SNL 79 for me. Absolutely jaw-droppingly good, and another terrific restoration. Thank you!
Great ensemble of musicians!
Thanks for the references to other stellar performances!! I just finished watching the Dick Cavett '74, and will check out the others as well. Excellent!
The mix does him no favours. Still, very exciting.
1980
it brought tears to my eyes to see how David knew that they killed it and was smiling from ear to ear
Carlos Alomar. What a man, what a musician. Love you Carlos
Holy freaking shit, please pardon my language, but that's the best version of Life On Mars I've ever heard 😲 😲 😲 . Such a strong voice, and a great drum beat. It's like discovering the song once more. Also that guitar on Ashes to Ashes is cool as hell...
I have no words.
Space oddity. You mean life on Mars
@@simonbean8855 Oops you're right ! Thanks for pointing that out ;)
1980
Our lord and savior David Bowie. Damn, I miss him.
DB is such a beautiful man I just can’t I love him so much❤️
Great to see G E Smith on lead guitar. Fantastic player who went on to be a SNL band leader.
Playing the same '62 ES-335 which he used countless times on SNL as well.
Isn't he on Roger Waters band now? So talented
Played with Hall & Oates for years as well
Met him in NYC in the 80’s at an Albert King concert. He was rehearsing for a Mick Jagger tour of Japan that never took place (Stones reformed/made up). A really great guy. Never knew he played with Bowie.
1980
What a show! The applause got louder and louder for each artist announced from Bob Hope to Richard Pryor to David Bowie.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Even presenteers were better than todsy
I remember staying up late to watch this when it was first broadcast.
Ashes to Ashes- my favorite Bowie song. Great performance.
Me too
Mine too! In the end when the moog like synth thingy opens up and the other lead comes up it always touches me
1980
I know it doesn't really make sense to perform 'Scary Monsters' material after the album had tanked and Bowie being finished with his Broadway run, but I would've died to see stuff from 'Lodger' and the proceeding album being played live. Songs like "Red Money", "Because You're Young", "DJ", and "It's No Game" would've been phenomenal.
True. In fact a full 2 hour gig with this band on this show is a dream.
Really? I read the album did pretty well, what happened?
@@diamond_dogs It did well enough. It would've gotten more attention if Bowie went on a full-scale tour instead of settling with obligations for his Broadway run.
1983
Sublime..... R.I.P. David Bowie
My love for him will never die❤❤❤❤❤
Incredible performance. And love the clip at the end. Looking beyond cool.! Love the idea of a 'Monsters' tour. Lennon's murder must have had a devastating effect on him.
He was target number two plan b after all
Lennon and Yoko had tickets to see David in Elephant Man the night after Lennon's death. David talks about how devastating it was, and how hard it was to get through the show in an interview I saw recently on TH-cam. Can't remember who posted it. He didn't make any music for a year after John's death... he went off and painted day and night, according to this interview. He really was devastated. Saw another interview where he talks about Marc Bolen's death (from T-Rex & a dear friend since childhood died in a car wreck the evening after David debued 'Heroes' on the Marc Bolen show) as well as Lennon's death. Again, Bowie talks about how hard it was to lose two of his best friends.
That's incredibly interesting. I certainly didn't know Lennon had tickets. Thanks for this post.
1980
Never a bad performance.
33 years old Bowie. Like jesus
So Bowie was on "20-20"! ABC (the American Broadcasting Company) once aired an arts program called "Omnibus". It featured Bowie in a scene from "The Elephant Man" with Donal Donnelly. I was 11 in the autumn of 1980, and school had already started. My bedtime was well before 22:30, which is when "The Tonight Show" aired in my city, but I saw Bowie and Donnelly on "Omnibus".
I imagine that if the tour had happened, there may well not have been "Under Pressure" with Queen because Bowie would've been just coming off the road at the time. I wonder.
Thank you Nacho ⭐️😝🌻✌️🤸♂️💕🤪🙏
Just watch this previously unseen footage with Johnny Carson!!! Utterly sensational on both tracks. But this version of Mars has to be yet *another* definitive one!!!
Johnny is waving what I consider to be Bowie's absolute best album very irreventially here 😊
Next to diammond dogs
It was a shame that the tour for this album was cancelled. I read that he was supposed to tour this album starting in February 1981. But the murder of John Lennon scared him, because I think Chapman had Bowie on his hit-list too if I remember correctly.
Shat real jerk that chapman was to do such a killing.what a non sense
Ashes To Ashes is such a great song.
still gives me shivers how good this guy was/ is . bowie forever
This is 42 yrs ago .. WOW how time flies
Fuck me, I'm speechless, RIP David, your surely missed, thank you xxx
I/We were there! What a day & night, we wandered all around, met some of the band, almost met David and just had a great time! Did eventually meet David, and this day was incredible!
He knows he hit out of the park with that Great Vocal...as he kicks hard from Glee....man what a rush!
Came to see G.E. Smith. One of the great guitarists.
The power in his voice when he says Mars. Chills.
In this year i discovered Bowie.
GE Smith's best gig.
Not really. He toured with Bob Dylan for 4 years and was the SNL bandleader for 10.
1980
Incredible! Elvis lives!! The studio rehearsal at the end is amazing. I wish there was more, as always.
Love love love, watching him moving makes so happy😍😁
Nacho you're the best, awesome footage. Pity he hasn't done Scary Monsters Tour, would've been great.
Bowie❤
Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, David Bowie….
Let that sink in….
What a beautiful man Bowie was, awsome musician, excellent performer. Rock God
I love Ashes to Ashes" so much and I love him in his James Dean outfit! Thank you Nacho! I was 15 when this came out and I remember seeing it live on TV. I can't wait to see you in heaven Major Tom.😍💙
What great show
Shock & Awe.
GE Smith providing support and bearing witness too!
Bowie is almost channeling Elvis this time. Turned up collar, wide stance with lots of hip motion, a deeper voice than usual, the slicked back hair...its all there.
wow, excellent raw versions of those songs, so much life in that band, vocals amazing, clearly loving life then xx
great performance of a young proto TSWDL guitarist G E Smith!!
Always looks so smart n suited n booted xxx💙
My God what a show. All those guests! Thank you so much for this.
Carlos Alomar. Love that man
GE Smith!
I have gleened all the various versions of this... none better than this and I watched this that sept 1980 live on t.v. back in the day
It makes me happy and sad ❤️✨
Never to earlie in morning to listen to bowie wow thank you again 💙
7:08. Fantastic
Marvellous, thank you.
Thanks for uploading again
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Never saw this live version
Thanks man! God bless you, this is gold!
absolutely Fantastic !!! as always . thanks Nacho ,for the video !!!
Boy do I remember watching that the first time around ! Brilliant!
Fabulous thanks haven’t see this before
wow thankyou who ever put this on
Top stuff 👏 👏 👏 👏
Brilliant as always as is the write up.
Great, thank you. ;)
absolutely loving the more funk/rock live and unproduced ashes to ashes version, i'msure he sings a beat early for the intro for ashes if you catch it, he styles it out needless to say.
Again, thanks Nacho. You are the best. ♥️
Beautifull
How do you feel to sail tonight keeps following me different words and the planet is knowing not glowing great to see the band who made this excellent track and video is a gem
Phenominal !!!!!!!!!!!
Great to see this. Great work Nacho. x
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Still smiling, thank you💥⚡
Nacho, this video rocks! Thank you for making me happy on the second day of the new year.
Best wishes for a happy 2022!!! ⚡
Oh La that smile melts my heart xxx💙
Thanks man
Damn cool what a rare gem this is fabulously wesome thanks for posting this timeless masterpiece musician bless u killer in deed!!!! F in legendary!! Damn insane to have this great music so long ago!!!!!!! Rip David missin ya!!!❤️👍☮️🙏🥰💋
What a performance
Thanks nacho another gem! Hope you’re well friend.
I'm happy, that's for certain 🧡 The bonus at the end was a thrill! I had never seen this and I tip my hat at Mr. Carson's good taste. Thank you x a billion Nacho!
Nacho once again with the best quality possible, always thankful :) Amazing to hear "Life On Mars" performed like it is a track of "Scary Monsters..." and another little detail: Alomar is playing keyboards on it!
Phenomenal...! Thanks Nacho 😀 Happy 40th Scary Monsters, U'll never be over the hill...backwards or otherwise ★
Fantastic Work, Nacho‼️
The blurry original video of this Life on Mars performance made me finally break down & cry my eyes out after a week of shock/denial/dry eyes following 10 Jan 2016. Your excellent remaster touches my heart - he’s so frail, human, & beautiful... and I’m still loving & missing our Hero ❤️💔
Never seen the little clip at the end.. very cool stuff.
Beautiful use of the Solina on those 2 songs.
My Heroes
Awesome version of “Life on mars”
That version of ashes. ❤️
Carson says Scary Monsters but not "and Super Creeps" which is the full title
momento cúspide, excelente banda musical
Awesome video. Interestingly, this is the first show with the new set for Carson; it would be, with incremental changes along the way in the ensuing dozen years, used for the rest of Carson's Tonight Show tenure.
Great!
GE Smith did a great job.
1983
Genio